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The Life of Michelangelo

The Life of Michelangelo

Condivi, Ascanio
Robertson, Charles

Paperback

Series: Lives of the Artists

Art HistoryIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $18.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 15, 2026

ISBN10: 1843682613
ISBN13: 9781843682615
Publisher: Pallas Athene
Published: Dec 15 2026
Pages: 198
Language: English
Condivi's unparalleled biography presents his friend Michelangelo's life, work and struggles in the world of Papal politics and Italian wars. This edition reproduces the long unavailable translation by Charles Holroyd and has 49 pages of illustrations covering the span of Michelangelo's achievement.

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) remains the most compelling artist in the Western canon. Painter, sculptor, poet, architect, he redefined both the possibilities of the imagination and the image of the artist. In 1550, he became the first artist to be the subject of a biography within their own lifetime, presented by Giorgio Vasari as the divinely inspired culmination of the history of art. Dissatisfied with Vasari's treatment, Michelangelo encouraged his close friend and fellow-painter Ascanio Condivi to publish a rival biography. Condivi's Life is an impassioned, intimate portrait, giving an unparalleled picture of the master's life, work and personality. This compelling narrative of genius and its struggles in the treacherous world of Papal politics and Italian wars remains one of the most fascinating and influential texts in art history. This edition reproduces the long unavailable translation by Charles Holroyd and has 66 pages of illustrations covering the span of Michelangelo's achievement.

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